The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to register a petition against the ordinance to amend the National Criminal Procedure (Code) Act-2017 forwarded by the government to the President’s Office for authentication.

The petition that was presented before the apex court by advocates Kapildev Dhakal and Rajendra Prasad Dangal and former secretary Dwarikanath Dhungel was rejected by the court’s registrar Narayan Prasad Panthi.

The petition had named Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, the President’s Office, the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Minister, the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, the Home Ministry and the Office of Attorney General as defendants.

The petitioners had demanded the court order the President’s Office not to authenticate the ordinance.

“The writ can’t be filed as it is presented before the court in an immature state as bills passed by the parliament and ordinances forwarded by the government become laws only after authentication by the President,” registrar Panthi mentioned as the cause for the rejection.

The government forwarded the disputed ordinance to the President’s Office on Monday.